Samuel Bell

Samuel Bell (9 February 1770-23 December 1850) was Governor of New Hampshire (DR) from 3 June 1819 to 5 June 1823, succeeding William Plumer and preceding Levi Woodbury, and a US Senator from 4 March 1823 to 3 March 1835, succeeding David L. Morril and preceding Henry Hubbard.

Biography
Samuel Bell was born in Londonderry, New Hampshire in 1770, and he became a lawyer in 1796. In 1804, he began his political career in the State House of Representatives, and he later served in the State Senate and in the State Supreme Court. From 1819 to 1823, he served as Governor, and he went on to serve in the US Senate from 1823 to 1835 as a Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and Whig. He died in 1850.